School of Communications - Facilities
School of Communications
facilities
Advanced Photography & Imaging
"Identity Self-Portraits" by Aideen Shannon
The work is an exploration of how identity is constructed socially rather than biologically and how visual media plays a key influential role in this development. The series of images act as a contemporary homage to Cindy Sherman’s pivotal "Untitled Film Stills" series. View project.
3D Animated Narrative
"Ten Green Bottles"
This project involved a combination of creative, technical and project management skills including scriptwriting, storyboarding, planning, voice-over recording, audio editing, 3D animation and video editing. Launch video.
Radio Documentary
"Suicide"
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In teaching and researching media communications in their many forms, the School of Communications aims to give students hands-on experience in producing for print, broadcast and digital media.
For this purpose, the School has the following facilities
- 8 Computer labs with over 80 PCs and 80 Macs (students also have the use of numerous computer labs for the general student body)
- Software in those labs for image, audio and video editing, design and layout, and web site production
- A radio/production studio, capable of producing broadcast-quality material
- A 3-camera television studio with output to broadcast digital format D9
- A digital "Pro Tools" audio/video editing suite of professional standard
- A video editing suite of professional standard
- A lab containing dedicated video editing computers using Media100
- DVD editing facilities
- Photographic studio and processing facilities in black & white and colour
Students can borrow mini-disc recorders, still and video cameras to work on assignments and projects